Readers respond to a critique of colleges by Greg Weiner, the president of Assumption University. Also: The rich and the rest ...

Students have written essays on climate change, mental health care access, immigration reform, the housing crisis, and the ...

Ely White, 18, of Townshend, penned the essay about political division in the U.S. as part of a class on current events. Submitting the essay was one of the final assignments. "The future of our ...

Ari Glasser, a junior from Essex High School, won second place with an essay on the influence of billionaires in the political system. Glasser proposed a wealth tax and campaign finance reform to ...